Laura Pyke

Also called Pyke, the Pyke, Miss Pyke, Laura, Miss Laura Pyke, P.M.G. Pyke, The girl friend

Mrs Bingo's school friend, a food crank who criticises Bingo's eating and ruins the household's cuisine until Jeeves drives her out.

Connections

dealings

is disliked by Bingo Little 5
is a pal of, is admired by Rosie M. Banks 5
is disliked by Bertie Wooster 2
fawns on the hockey captain 1
has psychology studied by Jeeves 1
disparages the Rosie M. Banks novels^✦︎ 1
is a member of the St Adela's hockey team^⁂ 1
tells Waddesley 1

Scenes they are in

At a meagre dinner the Pyke lectures on food and holds up Bingo's eating as the awful example.Chapter 9, Bingo's house
The luncheon-basket has been left behind; Rosie meekly accepts it, the men eat Jeeves's sandwiches behind a hedge, and Jeeves confesses he left the basket on purpose.Chapter 9, Lakenham races, as the Pyke
Bertie spends a hungry, bored afternoon thinking hard thoughts of Jeeves until Mrs Bingo asks him to drive her and Laura home early for tea.Chapter 9, Lakenham races, as Laura
The Bingos' car runs out of petrol on a lonely by-road, Rosie and the Pyke start to bicker over Bingo, and a householder whose baby Bertie's honking nearly woke threatens him and refuses petrol.Chapter 9, Norfolk, as the Pyke
Bertie meets Bingo and Jeeves coming in his car, and he and Bingo creep back to overhear Rosie and the Pyke in a full-scale row raking up their schooldays.Chapter 9, Norfolk, as the Pyke
The Pyke leaves to catch her train, Bingo bullies the Bandit into giving Rosie tea by threatening to wake his baby, wins back her adoration, and reveals that Jeeves drained the petrol to start the row.Chapter 9, Norfolk, as the Pyke

Talked about, but not there

Over breakfast at Bingo's new country house, Bertie is invited back for the Lakenham races and Mrs Bingo announces that her school friend Laura Pyke is coming to stay.Chapter 9, Bingo's house
Bertie returns to find Bingo miserable: Laura Pyke is a food crank who has Rosie in thrall, and there are no cocktails and no beefsteak puddings.Chapter 9, Bertie's room at Bingo's, as the Pyke
Over biscuits, Bertie explains to Jeeves that the Pyke's criticism threatens the Bingo marriage and tells him to study her at the races.Chapter 9, Bertie's room at Bingo's, as the Pyke
Bertie has Jeeves pack extra sandwiches, and a jaunty Bingo describes the lavish lunch-basket he has supervised.Chapter 9, Bingo's house, as the Pyke

Pictured 9

THE GIRL NEXT ME GOT UP IN HER SEAT, CHUCKED HER HEAD BACK. AND BEGAN TO SING.Extricating Young Gussie, Alfred Leete, The Strand Magazine, January 1916

I WANT YOU TO MEET MY HUSBAND, MR. WOOSTER., MR. WOOSTER IS A FRIEND OF BRUCE'S, ALEXANDER.Leave It to Jeeves, Alfred Leete, The Strand Magazine, June 1916

Right from the first day he came to me, I have looked on Jeeves as a sort of guide, philosopher, and friend.Jeeves in the Spring-Time, A. Wallis Mills, The Strand Magazine, December 1921

Before I knew what was happening, the girl had darted at me, kissed me, and legged it from the room.Aunt Agatha Takes the Count, A. Wallis Mills, The Strand Magazine, April 1922

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Tell me, Bertie, is Mr. Little at all weak in the head? I don't mean simply because he's a friend of yours.

Jeeves came in with the tea, but the poor girl was so worked up that she didn't wait for him to pop off before going on with her complaint

THE PYKE TURNED ON ME LIKE A WOUNDED LEOPARDESS. "WELL." SHE SAID. "AREN'T YOU PROPOSING TO DO ANYTHING. MR. WOOSTER

I had never listened in on a real, genuine Iemale row before, and I'm bound to say it was pretty impressive.

My friend, Bertie Wooster," said Tuppy to the girl, in what seemed to me rather an apologetic manner. You know—as if he would have preferred to hush me up.